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Sale No. 312 Downies Australian Coin Auctions Page 115 Image viewable on website www.downies.com/auctions Tokens 2799 Abrahams Hobart Town Halfpenny and Penny; Brickhill Campbell Town Penny (fire damage), Campbell Morpeth Halfpenny and Penny, Dease Launceston Halfpenny and Penny, Fleming Hobart Town Penny, Friedman Hobart Town Penny; plus Hedberg Halfpenny reduced in size by filing, Avge Circ-gVF (10 tokens) Est. $100 2800 Anderson Wellington Penny (A9) VF Est. $300 2801 Battle & Weight Sydney Penny (A31) VF with even dark chocolate brown patina, a most attractive example Est. $125 2802 Beaven Invercargill Penny (A42) VF Est. $200 2803 Bell & Gardner Rockhampton Penny by Thornthwaite (A43) stains, scratches and rim weakness else Fine and rare; plus others compr Flavelle, Grundy, Hyde and Merry types that appear to have been damaged through burial, Poor-Fine (5 tokens) Est. $250 2804 Calder Castlemaine Penny (A57) VF and very scarce Est. $200 2805 Clarkson Christchurch Pennies (A66, 67, 68) VF (3 tokens) Est. $125 2806 Clarkson & Turnbull Timaru Pennies (A69, 71) VF (2 tokens) Est. $75 2807 Cook Sandridge Penny (A75) gFine and scarce Est. $125 2808 Cook Sandridge surcharge Penny struck on Cartwheel Penny 1797 (A1051), the counterstamp superb gVF Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 13 Est. $600 2809 Cook Sandridge surcharge Penny (A1051); plus other countermark types compr “Thomas, Agent, Geelong” on Holloway Penny and “W.Webber” on British bun head Penny, the countermarks Fine-VF (3 items) Est. $100 2810 Davey Sale Penny (A90) possibly ex fire else Fine and scarce Est. $150 2811 Davies Fremantle Penny; Henderson Fremantle Pennies (3 diff) (A94, 216, 218, 220) the first VG with slag inclusions over swan design, remainder Fine (4 tokens) Est. $100 2812 Davies Goulburn Pennies (A97) (2); Flavelle Sydney and Brisbane Penny (A127); Hanks Sydney Penny (A184); Hanks & Lloyd Sydney Halfpenny and Penny (A189, 190); Iredale Sydney Penny (A292); Leigh Sydney Penny (A319); MacGregor Sydney Halfpenny and Penny (A340, 339); Palmer Sydney Penny (A408); Smith & Peate Sydney Halfpenny and Penny (A489, 483); Toogood Sydney Penny (A587) the Hanks & Lloyd pair water damaged else VG-gFine (14 tokens) Est. $200 Lot 2813 Session 7 Thursday, 1 November 2012 Commencing 10:00 am

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Tokens2799 Abrahams Hobart Town Halfpenny and Penny; Brickhill Campbell

Town Penny (fi re damage), Campbell Morpeth Halfpenny and Penny, Dease Launceston Halfpenny and Penny, Fleming Hobart Town Penny, Friedman Hobart Town Penny; plus Hedberg Halfpenny reduced in size by fi ling, Avge Circ-gVF (10 tokens) Est. $100

2800 Anderson Wellington Penny (A9) VF Est. $300

2801 Battle & Weight Sydney Penny (A31) VF with even dark chocolate brown patina, a most attractive example Est. $125

2802 Beaven Invercargill Penny (A42) VF Est. $200

2803 Bell & Gardner Rockhampton Penny by Thornthwaite (A43) stains, scratches and rim weakness else Fine and rare; plus others compr Flavelle, Grundy, Hyde and Merry types that appear to have been damaged through burial, Poor-Fine (5 tokens) Est. $250

2804 Calder Castlemaine Penny (A57) VF and very scarce Est. $200

2805 Clarkson Christchurch Pennies (A66, 67, 68) VF (3 tokens) Est. $125

2806 Clarkson & Turnbull Timaru Pennies (A69, 71) VF (2  tokens) Est. $75

2807 Cook Sandridge Penny (A75) gFine and scarce Est. $125

2808 Cook Sandridge surcharge Penny struck on Cartwheel Penny 1797 (A1051), the counterstamp superb gVF

Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 13 Est. $600

2809 Cook Sandridge surcharge Penny (A1051); plus other countermark types compr “Thomas, Agent, Geelong” on Holloway Penny and “W.Webber” on British bun head Penny, the countermarks Fine-VF (3 items) Est. $100

2810 Davey Sale Penny (A90) possibly ex fi re else Fine and scarce Est. $150

2811 Davies Fremantle Penny; Henderson Fremantle Pennies (3 diff) (A94, 216, 218, 220) the fi rst VG with slag inclusions over swan design, remainder Fine (4 tokens) Est. $100

2812 Davies Goulburn Pennies (A97) (2); Flavelle Sydney and Brisbane Penny (A127); Hanks Sydney Penny (A184); Hanks & Lloyd Sydney Halfpenny and Penny (A189, 190); Iredale Sydney Penny (A292); Leigh Sydney Penny (A319); MacGregor Sydney Halfpenny and Penny (A340, 339); Palmer Sydney Penny (A408); Smith & Peate Sydney Halfpenny and Penny (A489, 483); Toogood Sydney Penny (A587) the Hanks & Lloyd pair water damaged else VG-gFine (14 tokens) Est. $200

Lot 2813

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72813 DeCarle Melbourne Penny (A103) virtually FDC and the fi nest

known Ex Strathburn lot 2625; Noble Sale 46, lot 784; ACA Sale 291 1st

March 2006, lot 18 Est. $4,000

2814 Deeble Melbourne Penny (A106) VF Est. $150

2815 Deeble Melbourne Penny (A108) die axis turned at 90°, gVF Est. $150

2816 Fisher South Yarra Halfpenny (A122) gVF Est. $90

2817 Forsaith Auckland Penny (A130) aVF Est. $90

2818 Froomes Castlemaine Penny (A141) aVF and scarce Est. $100

2819 Gippsland Hardware Port Albert & Sale Penny, Parker Geelong Pennies (2), Southward & Sumpton Ballarat Penny (A146, 412, 414, 501) VG-Fine (4 tokens) Est. $75

Lot 2820

2820 Grieve Eagle Hawk Penny (A153) contact mark else glossy brown gVF and scarce Est. $200

2821 Grieve Eaglehawk Penny (A153) cleaned and lacquered gVF Est. $75

2822 Grundy Ballaarat Penny (A155); plus Robert Hyde Melbourne Halfpennies (2) and Penny (A287, 280) VF-aEF (4 tokens) Est. $100

2823 Hanks & Co Sydney Halfpenny; Flavelle, Fleming, Hide & DeCarle and Whitty & Brown Pennies (A186, 126, 129, 243, 633) Fine-gVF (5 tokens) Est. $150

2824 Hodgson Bendigo Penny (A260) VF and rare Est. $200

2825 Hogarth & Erichsen Sydney Remembrance Threepence (A691) aVF for issue Est. $200

2826 Holloway bronzed Proof Penny by J.Moore (A665) FDC and rare, one of the fi nest known

Ex Noble Sale 50, lot 835; ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 37 Est. $3,500

2827 Holland & Butler Auckland Penny (A263) aVF Est. $75

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2828 Hutton Hobart Town Halfpenny; Pope ‘Birmingham Export’ Australian Penny (A279, 658) aVF-VF, the fi rst with die cracks on obverse (2 tokens) Est. $75

2829 Jones & Williamson Dunedin Penny (A308) gVF Est. $150

2830 Josephs New Town Halfpenny and Penny; Mather and Moir Hobart Town Pennies (A309, 310, 356, 384) aFine-gVF (4 tokens) Est. $75

2831 Kirkaldie & Stains Wellington Halfpenny; Ashton, Beath, Clarkson & Turnbull, DeCarle, Gilmour, Hobday & Jobberns, Hague-Smith, Somerville, Union Bakery Pennies (A312, 22, 32, 69, 102, 144, 249, 470, 498, 588) mainly Fine-VF (10 tokens) Est. $200

2832 Lazarus Melbourne Penny (R316) surface porosity else aFine and very scarce Est. $175

2833 Lloyd Wollongong Penny (A331) way better than the usual grade for this issue, VF Est. $1,000

2834 Marsh Hobart Town Halfpenny and Pennies (2) (A342, 343, 347) one Penny appears fi re affected else VG-Fine (3 tokens) Est. $75

2835 Mason & Struthers Christchurch Penny (A355) mainly brown with a hint of original red, aUnc Est. $200

2836 Milner & Thompson Christchurch Pennies (A376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383) VF-EF (8 tokens) Est. $200

Lot 2837

2837 Moir Hobart Town Penny (A384) near full mint red and the fi nest known of this tough issue, aFDC

Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 57 Est. $7,500

2838 Mulligan Rockhampton Halfpenny; Jones, Larcombe, Pettigrew, Sawyer Brisbane and Ipswich Pennies (A394, 307, 313, 438, 469) Fine-VF (5 tokens) Est. $150

2839 Nokes Melbourne Halfpenny (A406) attractive virtually EF Est. $125

2840 Peek & Campbell Sydney Halfpenny (A428) aVF Est. $125

2841 Peek & Campbell Sydney Tea Stores Halfpenny and Penny (A430, 431) VG (2 tokens) Est. $150

2842 Perkins Dunedin Halfpenny (A436) aVF Est. $150

2843 Pettigrew Ipswich Halfpenny (A439) EF Est. $300

2844 Reece Christchurch Pennies (A447, 448, 449) the second and third lacquered, VF-gVF (3 tokens) Est. $200

2845 Ridler Ricmond Penny (A453) VF Est. $150

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2846 Robison Melbourne Penny (A461) gFine Est. $90

2847 Ryland Castlemaine Penny (R468) some surface porosity and corrosion else VF and scarce Est. $125

2848 Stead Sandhurst Penny (A504) obverse collector’s mark and test cut else gFine and scarce Est. $125

2849 Stewart & Hemmant Brisbane & Rockhampton Penny (A505) lacquered aUnc Est. $90

2850 Stokes Emu and Vinebranch Penny (A556) nearly full red mint Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 80 Est. $2,000

2851 Taylor Advance Australia Penny (A571) choice Unc with superb rainbow lustre

Ex ACA Sale 291 1st March 2006, lot 81 Est. $1,000

2852 Thornthwaite Surry Hills Penny (A579) bitten or clipped fl an and crudely struck as usual with central weakness, Good and rare

Est. $200

2853 Thornthwaite Sydney Threepence (A682) typical crude die work and appears to have been bent and re-straightened else Fine for the issue and rare Est. $300

2854 Warnock Melbourne and Maldon Halfpenny and Pennies (A604, 603, 605) Fine-VF (3 tokens) Est. $100

2855 Whitty & Brown Sydney Pennies (A627, 634) Fine-VF (2  tokens) Est. $90

2856 Whitty & Brown Sydney Penny (A630) glossy brown gVF Est. $100

2857 Adelaide Pennies compr Harold Bros, Howell, Martin; plus Crocker & Hamilton Halfpenny (A195, 273, 349, 83) the fi rst with numerous edge bruises and slightly bent VG, remainder Fine-VF with some surface corrosion (4 tokens) Est. $75

2858 Hobart Pennies of Nicholas, Waterhouse, Wood (2 diff); together with White Westbury Pennies (2 diff) and Nicholas, Waterhouse and Wood Halfpennies (A402, 606, 640, 641, 620, 622, 403, 608, 642) a few with surface corrosion else VG-aVF (9 tokens) Est. $100

2859 Melbourne Pennies compr DeCarle, Fenwick (2), Hide & DeCarle Melbourne (A105, 120, 121, 236) VG-Fine (4 tokens) Est. $90

2860 Melbourne Pennies compr McFarlane, Miller Bros, Moubray & Lush, Peck (A360, 373, 391, 433) usual minor faults else VG-gFine (4 tokens) Est. $90

2861 Queensland Pennies compr Brookes, Buxton, Jones (cleaned), Merry, Pettigrew, Sawyer, Stewart & Hmenant; plus Mulligan Halfpenny, some faults else Fine-VF (8 tokens) Est. $150

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2862 Tasmanian Pennies compr Hedberg Hobart Ton, Henry Hobart Town, Henry Deloraine, Hutton Hobart Town, Jarvey Hobart Town (2 diff), Lipscombe Hobart Town; plus Hutton Halfpenny, the second token cleaned and a few with surface pitting else VG-aVF (8 tokens) Est. $150

2863 Victorian Pennies compr Andrew Melbourne, Bateman Melbourne, Booth Melbourne, Butterworth Castlemaine (A13, 30, 44, 54) the last slightly bent Fine with rim knocks, remainder Fine-VF (4 tokens) Est. $100

2864 Victorian Pennies compr Cope South Yarra, DeCarle Melbourne, Deeble Melbourne with reverse 90° die rotation, Grundy Ballarat (A81, 103, 108, 157) VG-Fine (4 tokens) Est. $90

2865 Victorian Pennies compr Hodgson Melbourne, Jamieson Warrnambool, Jones Ballaarat, Leeson Sale (A257, 299, 304, 318) the last with reverse metal fl aw and some with light surface corrosion else VG-gFine with a couple very scarce (4 tokens) Est. $125

2866 Victorian Pennies compr Annand Smith Melbourne, Petty Melbourne, Rocke Melbourne (2), Taylor Ballarat (2, one holed), Warburton Melbourne, Williams Eagle Hawk (A18, 442, 466, 568, 570, 598, 638) the Rocke tokens with edge bruises and most with surface corrosion, Good-Fine (8 tokens) Est. $100

2867 Misc Pennies (19), Halfpennies (2); together with George III Penny 1806, Fair-Fine (22 items) Est. $75

2868 Selection of mainly Tasmanian issues compr Abraham Halfpenny and Penny, Fleming Penny, Friedman Halfpennies (2), Hedberg Penny, Hutton Halfpenny and Penny, Josephs Halfpenny, Waterhouse Halfpenny, Wood Pennies (2 diff), misc (3); together with 1916 St John’s Church Newtown medallion 31mm in bronze, Poor-EF (16 items) Est. $75

2869 Small group of Victorian tokens compr Andrew Melbourne Halfpenny and Penny, Crombie, Clapperton & Findlay Melbourne Halfpenny, Crothers Stawell Halfpenny, Hide & DeCarle Melbourne Halfpenny, Thomas Melbourne Halfpenny (A11, 12, 84, 89, 233, 576) Fine-VF (6 tokens) Est. $125

2870 Small group of Pennies incl Hide & De Carle, Mather, Peace & Plenty and Stokes, Avge Circ-Fine (10 tokens) Est. $90

2871 Small accumulation including Bullen checkpiece, Peace & Plenty (2), Hyde and Stokes (4) Pennies, Taylor Halfpenny and Hodgins Cloghjordan Penny, VG-VF (10 tokens) Est. $150

Checkpieces

2872 Bowes Tattersalls Club Two Shillings 24mm in copper; Hedley, Swan & Co, Joplings Sunderland Shilling 24mm in Cu/Ni; plus fantasy square Threepence 1920 in silver(?), VF-Unc (3 items) Est. $75

2873 CES check for One Shilling in copper; together with other tokens and badges (7), quantity of British ‘tow-up’ Pennies in timber box (approx 60 items), Chinese Cash coins 1662-1966 in small album (19 coins), misc Unc Australian decimals One Cent to Twenty Cents 1981 (24), misc stamp packs, FDCs, souvenir covers and part sheets (F/V=$30 approx) Mixed Condition (lot) Est. $75

2874 Kelson’s Mansfi eld Hotel Threepence 24mm in bronze, VF and scarce Est. $125

2875 New South Wales Leagues Club Threepence 21mm in aluminium c.1920 or before, no maker but probably Miller & Morris Sydney, VF and very rare – the fi rst we have seen Est. $200

2876 Queensland United Services Club Threepence in copper, WWI Veterans travel pass for 1980 numbered 4047, old Sydney Town adult admission token 29mm in copper, Back to Broken Hill 1933 souvenir badge in silver and enamel, Third Reich Ten Pfennig 194- with last digit missing, VF-EF (5 items) Est. $100

2877 Renmark Club South Australia Shilling in brass, Gunsler’s Cafe Melbourne Shilling in bronze, Melbourne Savage Club Two Shillings in aluminium; plus E.Way card counter and three different ferry tokens, Fine-VF (7 items) Est. $90

2878 Small group of scarcer bread, milk and ice tokens (8), CofA “T” token, Scottish communion tokens (3), Todd, Burns & Co Limerick Farthing 1834, Denmark Two Kronen 1926, replica Roman Sestertius, misc items (2) Mixed Condition (lot) Est. $75

Australian Internment Camps2879 WWII Hay Internment Camp Penny and Threepence, VF (2 coins) Est. $125

2880 Penny and Threepence, aVF-VF (2 coins) Est. $125

2881 Threepence VF Est. $90

2882 Shilling EF Est. $400

2883 Shilling, even brown VF Est. $200

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2884 Shilling, even brown VF Est. $300

2885 Two Shillings, even chocolate brown gVF Est. $500

Exhibition Medallions

2886 Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 prize medallion 38mm in 22ct gold by Stokes, edge impressed Hon W.J.Clarke MLC For Services, aUnc and an important piece of exhibition memorabilia

Sir William John Clarke (1831-1897) was the President of the Board of Commissioners overseeing the conduct of the exhibition

See also lot 2989 for a book presented to Sir William Clarke in his role as President of the Exhibition Committee Est. $3,000

2887 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition 1888 16mm in silver by Stokes & Martin (C1888/10) gVF Est. $75

2888 Greater Britain Exhibition 1899 Victorian Court/The Pioneer Australia medallion 31mm in gilt bronze by Stokes & Sons (C1899/4) gEF with 95% of gilt intact, seldom offered Est. $100

Commemorative Medallions

2889 Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) trial striking 43mm in pewter or tin by L.Pingo for the Royal Society (MH374, BHM 258) EF and possibly unique

Ex John J.Ford Collection Part 14, lot 477 Est. $5,000

2890 Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) 43mm in silver by L.Pingo for the Royal Society (MH374, BHM 258) EF and rare, only 322 struck in this metal Est. $3,000

2891 Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) 43mm in silver, old scratch behind Fortune’s shield on reverse else attractively toned aEF Est. $2,500

2892 Captain James Cook Memorial medallion ND (1784) 43mm in bronze, EF with glossy brown patina, only 577 struck in this metal Est. $2,500

2893 Monster Clothing Company, 21 Bourke Street Melbourne/Twenty-First Anniversary medallion 27mm in nickel(?) (sim C1878/2); plus Heaton Mint Q.Vic Diamond Jubilee medallion 40mm in white metal, VF-gVF (2 medallions) Est. $75

2894 Q.Vic Golden Jubilee 1887 medallion for Portland Vic 31mm in silver; plus similar for Perth in gilt (C1887/86, 42) VF-gVF, the fi rst rare (2 medallions) Est. $75

Lot 2895

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2895 Q.Vic Diamond Jubilee 1897 commem medallions compr C1897/23 (2), 27, 29, 59, 71 (2, one variety), 82, 88 (3), 89 (photographed) Fine-EF (12 medallions) Est. $100

2896 NSW Railways 50th Anniv 1905, 30mm in bronze and silver by Amor; plus NSW Railways Centenary 1955, 31mm in silvered metal (C1905/6, 1955/3) EF or better and a nice high grade trio (3 medallions) Est. $150

2897 Separator medallion 50mm in silver c.1908 by Erik Linberg commemorating the Separator Co Ltd’s establishment in fi ve continents incl Australia, aEF and scarce Est. $90

2898 Arthur Yates & Co Reliable Seeds prize medallion 39mm in copper engraved “Mrs W.McBride Forster 1909”; together with scare silvered British Raj coronation 1911 medallion 32mm, and USA Golden West Exhibition 1909 uniface medallion (3 medallions) Est. $100

2899 Western Australia coronation 1911 medallion 31mm in sterling silver with ribbon and ‘Honor the King’ bar (C1911/23); plus Australian Centenary/Captain Cook medallion in bronze (C1888/4) and Juvenile Industrial Exhibition 1888 medallion 20mm in silver (C1888/27), Fine-EF (3 medallions) Est. $90

2900 Centenary of Western Australia 1929 medallions 38mm in copper (C1929/2) (4); plus one original Government of Western Australia paper bag of issue, gVF-Unc (5 items) Est. $75

2901 Cased Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal named to H.Newcombe July 1935; plus small bronze Intermediate Star to A.Leitch 1964 (2 items) Est. $75

2902 Newcastle Hospital –  Blood for Life medallion 63mm in bronze (C1948/5) reverse engraved “J.Calder” in case of issue; together with related lapel badge 25mm and early Red Cross pin, EF-Unc (3 items) Est. $125

2903 Centenary of the Government of Victoria 1951 medallion 64mm in bronze by Pinches of London in offi cial case of issue with descriptive insert (C1951/3) Unc and scarce, only 1012 issued Est. $125

2904 Tasmanian Sesqui-Centenary of British Settlement 1953/54 69mm in patinated bronze by Stokes & Sons (C1953-54/1) reverse engraved “Presented to L.F.Smeeton” in damaged case of issue, Unc, only 150 struck Est. $150

2905 Stokes Centenary 1956 medallion 58mm in bronze in original capsule (C1956/9) the obverse with corrosion, the reverse much better; together with Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Society 1885 medallion 33mm in white metal and Q.Vic Golden Jubilee 1887 medallion 46mm in white metal by W.O.Lewis of Birmingham, VF and better (3 medallions) Est. $125

2906 1966 RAM changeover medallions (9, some impaired with damaged cases); Sydney Opera House cased medallic pair; M.R.Roberts 1982 Games set with verdigris; private British issues in damaged cases (3); Mexico Olympics 1968 cased medallic pair; plus misc issues (15, noted a couple of better British and French 19th Century bronze pieces) Mixed Condition (approx 30 items)) Est. $90

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2907 Military Historical Society of Australia 1969 medallions 50mm in bronze and silver fi nishes by Lega Australia, nios 68 and 69 of a very limited edition; plus cased British Esatbourne Canine Assn medallion 39mm in bronze engraved “27 Feb 1907 Mrs Wilmers Westfi eld Johnnie” Unc-FDC (3 medallions) Est. $125

2908 Cook Bicentenary 1970/National Trust medallion 52mm in antiqued bronze by Meszaros (C1970/32) in original Stokes case of issue; Bella Guerin Centenary 1983/First Woman Graduate in Australia medallions 40mm in antiqued bronze and silver by Meszaros (C1983/13) in original RAM cases of issue; misc Victorian Sesquicentenary medallion; together with British Crown 1951 in damaged Festival of Britain box, Cook Islands Fifty Cents 2007 Bridge lenticular Cu/Ni coin, USA boxed Proof One Dollar 1983 discus thrower; private issue souvenir Penny 1932; and a few misc world philatelic stamps, minisheets and covers (lot) Est. $90

2909 Numismatic Society of Victoria cased sets and single compr 1975 Gothic Bank pair in gilt and oxidised silver; 1976 75th Anniv Federation pair in gilt and oxidised silver; plus similar single medal in bronze, all 52mm struck by K.G.Luke under the auspices of the ANZ Bank (C1975/8, A/16) all edge numbered “88”, As Struck (3 sets, 5 medallions) Est. $100

2910 Numismatic Society of Victoria cased pairs compr 1975 Gothic Bank and 1976 75th Anniv Federation 52mm in gilt and oxidised silver struck by K.G.Luke edge numbered “92”; together with Numisphil Society of Victoria 1977 50th Anniv of Federal Parliament cased pair 51mm in silver and gilt fi nishes; plus similar single medal in bronze no edge numbering (C1975/8, A/16, 1977/44), As Struck (4 sets, 7 medallions) Est. $125

2911 Western Australia Sesqui-Centenary 1979 cased set of fi ve medallions with different fi nishes and metals – the gold medallion replaced by a second Cu/Ni example, Unc Est. $75

2912 Adelaide Grand Prix 1988 commem medallions in antiqued silver fi nish fl ipped for immediate resale (158); plus Sydney Harbour Bridge 60th Anniv medallion on card (159 medallions) Est. $75

2913 Centenary of Australia’s First Victoria Cross framed display featuring replica VC, 2000 maxicard depicting Captain Neville Howse (Australia’s fi rst VC winner) and medallion 60mm in antiqued bronze featuring Howse Est. $75

2914 Sydney Olympics 2000: Olympic Torch Relay pin album complete with 15 pins, mascot calendar 2000-2001, facts, fi gures and trivia calendar 2001; two misc weekend newspaper medallion sets and partial Socceroos set; Telstra used phonecard collection in offi cial album (120 cards); tin of world stamps; Royal Doulton dish type D5506; Vita-Brits coin cards (17); Lilliput Lane catalogues 1993, 1995; plus Gulliver’s World catalogues 1993-1998 (20) all nice grade (lot) Est. $90

2915 Centenary of the ending of the Boer War 2002 medal in nickel suspended on ribbon combining the ribbons of the QSA and KSA no maker name; 60th Anniv of the Defence of Darwin 2002 medallions 38mm in antiqued silver fi nish (2) by A.J.Parkes Brisbane; plus Sir Neville Howse VC recipient medallion 60mm in bronze by A.J.Parkes Brisbane, As Struck (4 items) Est. $75

2916 Military related medallions all 60mm in antiqued bronze, two depicting General Sir Henry George Chauvel with different legends, one reverse with life history, the other reverse with Light Horse Centenary 2003, both by A.J.Parkes Brisbane; another depicting the Victoria Cross with Boer War VC recipients names on the reverse; plus a similar medallion 50mm in antiqued bronze depicting Private Victor Stanley Jones, the reverse with his Boer War service details (Jones was the fi rst Australian volunteer to die in action on a foreign battlefi eld) by A.J.Parkes Brisbane, all As Struck, the last two cased (4 medallions) Est. $100

2917 Holey Dollar replicas in two different alloys ex NAAC Sydney Show 25th-27th Nov 2005, only 500 of each struck (2 medallions) Est. $75

2918 Accumulation of Australian medalets, badges and world issues; plus misc cigarette cards (3) and Santa Fe ‘showgirl’ funny money Dollars (6) Mixed Condition but interesting (approx 60 items) Est. $75

2919 Accumulation of medalets, low grade coins and a few badges in old tin, noted three love tokens (one on Charles II Halfcrown) and checks, Mixed Condition (approx 55 items) Est. $200

2920 Group of Carlisle listed medallions compr 1880/15; 1880-1/6; 1886/2; 1887/10, 24, 26, 29 var, 53, 82, , 85; 1888-9/1; 1889/3 (2); 1890/3 Good-VF (15 medallions) Est. $75

2921 Misc Carlisle listed medalets and medallions 1800s-1900s (30, some duplication), value added checks (6, incl a couple we have not seen), badges, and sterling silver vesta case, Mixed Condition (approx 70 items) Est. $200

2922 Selection of mainly Carlisle listed medallions 1880s-1900s (19); plus similar items and a few coins incl some forgeries, all housed in two album pages, VG-Unc (62 items) Est. $200

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2923 Small accumulation of Franklin Mint gold plated sterling silver stamp replicas (14); plus misc modern Australian and world medallic issues (11) (25 items) Est. $75

2924 Small accumulation of low grade tokens, medalets and coins (13:); Philippines coin bracelet, Egyptian silver coin bracelet, misc military buttons etc (11) all housed in old sweets tin, Mixed Condition (26 items) Est. $75

2925 Small group of medallions and E.W.Cole tokens late 1800s-1930s, Mixed Condition (25 items) Est. $75

2926 Small group of Carlisle listed medallions 1897-1945 on plastic pages, one in silver, Fine-VF (16 items) Est. $150

2927 Small group of Carlisle listed medalets compr 1899/1, 1899/10, 1899-00/2, 1899-00/6 (5), 1899-00/18, 1901/2 (2) gFine-EF (11 medallions) Est. $90

2928 Small group of private issue proofl ike silvered 40mm medallions with Melbourne themes, high retail value (9); together with a few misc world base metal issues and One Dollar 2010 Burke & Wills 5-cover PNC set, all housed in lacquered timber case Est. $75

2929 Undated sterling silver medallion for Seddon Memorial Technical College c.1930s; plus misc Carlisle-listed medallions 1935-1985 (11, some duplication) Mixed Condition (12 items) Est. $75

AUSTRALIA POST MEDALLIC COVERS2930 2007 Fifty Years in Space; 2008 Hawthorn, Megafauna, World

Youth Day; 2009 Dolphins of the Australian Coastline, Earth Hour (6 covers, 10 medallions) Est. $75

FOBS2931 St John Ambulance Association fob medallion in brass, reverse

engraved “A746 William McDonnell”; plus Service Medal of St John 37mm in silver missing bar suspender with rim engraved “3652 T.Richards Vict. Aust. SJABO 1942” Fine-VF (2 items) Est. $100

CENTENARY OF VICTORIA/MELBOURNE

2932 Centenary of Victoria 1934 medallion 64mm in bronze by Rayner Hoff (C1934/9) in original case of issue, only 300 issued in bronze at a cost of One Pound each at the time, some toning else Unc and seldom seen cased Est. $150

2933 Melbourne/Victorian Centenary sterling silver and enamel cuff links in lovely condition, the fi rst we have seen Est. $150

RAILWAY PASSES/FOBS

2934 Queensland Railways of Australia 9ct gold life pass 16.36gms awarded to Mr V.J.Bird, Unc Est. $400

Documents, Printed Items

2935 Advertising poster 299x389mm c.early 1950s depicting Ronald Reagan extolling the virtues of Chesterfi eld cigarettes, some creases but most interesting and very rare Est. $100

2936 Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for One Pound 24th July 1945 still in original booklet, aUnc Est. $175

2937 Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for Four Pounds 24th July 1945 still in original booklet, stain in right margin else EF Est. $200

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2938 Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for One Pound Ten Shillings 1st March 1949 still in original booklet, aUnc Est. $175

2939 Commonwealth of Australia child endowment orders for Three Pounds still in original booklets Unc, this value seldom seen (2 items) Est. $400

2940 Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for Six Pounds, one overwritten “Eight Pounds” and signed, still in original booklet, EF and an interesting variant Est. $200

2941 Motor spirit ration tickets for Queensland for Two Gallons compr series A (3), series B (3), 31st July 1949 (4), and One Gallon 31st May 1949 (3) all tickets cancelled; plus unused Victoria Two Gallons 31st July 1949, and Governor of Victoria, Motor Car Transfer and other related documents (lot) Est. $75

2942 New South Wales documents compr 1903 mortgage; plus 1841, 1879 and 1906 conveyance documents, nice grade (4 items) Est. $75

2943 Newspapers; Melbourne Argus editions 2nd April to 30th June bound in elephant folio, ex General Assembly Library New Zealand; together with Sands & McDougall Directory of Victoria and Canberra ACT 1943; Local Government Manual Victoria 1st Sept 1861 to 10th April 1875 ex Athenaeum Maldon; and copies of Education Department Victoria “The School Paper” 1900-1930 (approx 40 issues). Some faults but a most interesting group (lot) Est. $75

2944 Queensland printed reports c.1870-1875 relating to the Board of General Education, correspondence from the Colonial Secretary’s offi ce, emigration; together with copies of the Sydney Morning Herald 17th, 19th and 21st October 1870; British tabloids The Times 19th May 1875 and The Star 9th October 1794, the latter with fascinating page of British and Irish lottery results; plus misc ephemera incl marriage certifi cate and 20th Century share scrip, interesting (lot) Est. $75

2945 Souvenir large format picture books 500x210mm c.late 1920s-early 1930s, one untitled but related to the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the other “Most Up-To-Date Panoramic Views of Sydney” some faults but interesting (2 items) Est. $75

2946 United Grand Lodge of New South Wales Freemason’s Admittance Certifi cate 1917; old family snap-shot photo album dated 1925 includes some rural views, ships in port etc (lot) Est. $75

2947 Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society programmes 1900-1908 (6); plus membership badges (11), misc (2) (19 items) Est. $75

2948 Western Australian mortgage document dated 1915 with Five Shillings Sawn duty stamp; plus British indenture dated 1882, nice condition (2 items) Est. $75

2949 WWI related ephemera compr ‘active service’ postal envelope, printed ‘cheer up’ letter from Jeannie Jobson September 1918, patriotic concert programme 9th June 1917 printed by Sands & McDougall, post war ball at St Kilda Town Hall 11th Nov 1919 dance card, reception for Admiral Viscount Jellicoe at St Kilda Pier 30th May 1919, 43rd Battalion AIF Club reunion dinner programme 9th June 1926; plus two other related items (8 items) Est. $150

2950 Magazine “Woman” dated 17th Nov 1947 with preview of the Royal Wedding of the current Queen Elizabeth II; plus “Rupert the Rabbit” booklet, United Bank Offi cers Association of NSW Annual Report 31st Dec 1940, letter, magazine clippings, selection of holed amusement tokens by Shelley compr Type 1 (37), Type 2 (13), Type 3 (2), Type 4 (18), and a Sydney Opera House Opening 1973 medallion (lot) Est. $75

2951 Eliz II Coronation 1953 and related ephemera compr hard and soft cover publications incl “The State Opening of Parliament”, “The Duke of Edinburgh, a Pictorial Biography”, and a booklet relating to the 1954 Royal Visit, all published in Victoria (8 volumes) Est. $150

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2952 Royal Tour to Australia 1954 printed souvenir fl ag/pennant with coloured portrait of Queen Elizabeth above “Our Glorious Queen, Loyal Welcome, Royal Tour 1954” in glazed frame. The top of the pennant trimmed Est. $75

2953 Interesting group of documents and books compr vellum ledger pay books 1832 (2) and another later, conveyance 1791, lease document 1791, agreements 1832 (2) and 1833, pocket book ledger 1833, land tax document 1832, marbled cover preliminary notes for new house 1845; and coloured steel plate engraving of Hulne Abbey Northumberland (12 items) Est. $400

2954 Album of vintage and greeting cards c.1902-1940s incl superb embossed Edward VII postcards, photographic postcards etc, also noted Ballarat Horticultural Society prize cards and a vintage Mickey Mouse Christmas card, all in nice grade and most interesting (150+ items) Est. $250

2955 Large accumulation of magazines, books and other mainly printed items, includes Royalty interest: noted pictorial books for the 1953 Coronation, Royal Visits, Charles & Di etc; other British, Australian and domestic themed material (lot) Est. $75

2956 Large accumulation of nostalgic material, mainly printed items including old books, magazines, song sheets, RACV road maps etc; also includes quantity of empty stamp and coin albums, some low value philatelic material, old collectable cigarette tins, a large and heavy lot presently housed in several cartons, varied condition (lot)

Note: heavy lot, will not be shipped. Strictly buyer’s responsibility to remove from sale-room Est. $75

EDWARD VIII COMMEMORATIVES

2957 Australian Visit 1920 celluloid covered souvenir booklet, portrait of the Prince ex Portsmouth Evening News 11th June 1925, scarce Coronation 1937 medalet in aluminium, fantasy Crown 1936, three postcards, and set of MUH postage stamps (lot) Est. $125

NAUTICAL MEMORABILIA2958 Cunard Shipping Line Queen Elizabeth II bar menus (2 diff),

cocktail list and leather payment folder, unopened pair of slippers, and a new “Dunhill” 2-piece ashtray. A nice group from one of the world’s most enduring shipping lines Est. $75

2959 Collection c.1900-1980s in album incl menus, postcards, stickers etc, Mixed Condition (approx 75 items) Est. $250

Stage, Screen & Musical

Memorabilia2960 Madonna; interesting series of books and magazines relating to her

early career; plus “The Liverpool Echo’s Tribute to John Lennon” dated 1980, some scarce (17 items) Est. $75

2961 Selection of Australian live theatre programmes 1920s-2002, mainly pertaining to J.C.Williamson Melbourne productions, Mixed Condition (approx 70 items) Est. $90

Cigarette Cards2962 Wills’s Signalling 1912 mixed Capstan and Vice Regal backs

complete set of 50, Good to Very Good (50 cards) Est. $75

2963 Wills’s Royal Mail 1913 mixed Capstan and Vice Regal backs complete set of 50, Good to Very Good (50 cards) Est. $75

2964 Wills’s Britain’s Defenders 1915 complete set of 50; plus Modern War Weapons 1915 Specialties backs complete set of 50, Good or better (2 sets, 100 cards) Est. $75

GERMANY

2965 Deutshe Kolonien (German Colonies) cigarette card set c.1936 in 72pp descriptive album, 270 colour cards released as part of the Berlin Olympics in excellent condition and complete Est. $100

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2966 AB&C trade/swap cards c.1958-1959 compr Space (67 of 88); TV Westerns incl Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Californians, Have Gun Will Travel; and “Name This Plane” series (22) Mixed Condition (approx 120 cards) Est. $100

2967 Select AFL trade cards 1993 for Sydney Swans players Paul Kelly, Darren Kappler, David Strooper, Mark Bayles, Dale Lewis and Craig Nettlebeck (6 cards) Est. $75

2968 Select hand signed AFL cards of Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs), Glen Jakovich (West Coast Eagles), Darren Galss (ditto), Paul Hasleby (Fremante Dockers), Luke McPharlin (Hawthorn), Gavin Brown (Collingwood) quarter set, Ted Whitten Senior quarter set with redemption card; plus Alan Border 1994 hologram card; Beijing Olympics 2008 stamp and coin set ex Australia Post; box of vintage banker’s red sealing wax; three misc booklets; misc items (2) (lot) Est. $100

2969 Collection of modern cards incl basketball (97), cricket (20), rugby (20), Flintstones (85) etc, Mixed Condition (lot) Est. $75

2970 Huge accumulation of Tazos in 13 albums; together with four empty albums, nice condition (100s) Est. $100

2971 Massive accumulation of mainly fantasy cards in full and part sets; together with various storage albums, all housed in large carton and well worth a look (1,000s) Est. $300

Postcards

2972 Australian city and country cards comprising Melbourne and country Victoria (13), Sydney and surrounds (12), Tasmania (7), South Australia (2), Perth and Fremantle (5) Mixed Condition (39 cards)

See also lot 3058 for a lovely cricket postcard c.1907 Est. $125

2973 Selection of pre-1910 Melbourne and country Victorian views (8, incl Fitzroy Street St Kilda and Dimboola railway station); plus misc greeting cards c.1910-1`920 (13) Mixed Condition (21 cards) Est. $75

2974 Radio 3LO Melbourne, Dr Whackem’s Jolly Boys’ School card signed by Dr Whackem c.1934; Our Digger Prince’s Visit to Australia card c.1920; plus Swan Street Bakery Burnley Victoria (W.H.Peters) card c.1905, all unused but with usual faults, rare all the same (3 cards) Est. $75

2975 Interesting group of cards c.1900-1920s (87); plus approx 100 modern cars, Mixed Condition (187 cards) Est. $100

2976 Four small albums containing postcards, greeting cards and the odd photo c.1890s-1960s, noticed Tornado at Marong 27th Sept 1911, Bealiba, Dunolly, Harbour Bridge, Ned Kelly, Tamworth, souvenir foldout types, along with some early hand painted cards, Mixed Condition (approx 115 items) Est. $125

2977 Album containing approx 85 mainly pre WWI issues incl eight military related types, Mixed Condition (approx 85 cards) Est. $90

2978 Album of vintage comical cards c.1908-1960s with minor duplication, mixed used and unused Good to Excellent, a fi ne lot (252 cards) Est. $125

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2979 Group of early issues c.1871-1918, noted scarce Franco-Prussian and other rare cards, WWI fi eld postcard, Mixed Condition (30 cards) Est. $100

2980 Group of early 1900s-1920s cards incl automobiles and bullock trains, humour etc, Mixed Condition (27 cards) Est. $125

2981 Nice group of pre-1910 country Victoria cards incl Ballarat, Daylesford, Dimboola, Geelong, Leongatha, Powlett River, Ouyen, Wonthaggi etc mixed used and unused with usual faults, the Powlett River and Wonthaggi cards of some signifi cance (34 cards) Est. $90

2982 Small group featuring early shipping (6, noted one White Star Line card); plus early Greek cards c.1906 and Italian issues (8) (14 cards) Est. $75

2983 Small selection of unused cards including indigenous c.1905-1915 (5) together with French 1909 studio semi-nude; plus modern Portuguese semi-nude, Excellent condition (9 cards) Est. $175

2984 Small group of pre 1910 postcards comp NSW (4), Qld (6), SA, Vic (6), WA (5, incl mining scene), plus misc later and overseas (21, noted undated Fleet Visit) and B/W photos (13) Mixed Condition (approx 55 items) Est. $75

GREAT BRITAIN

2985 Latin-British Exhibition London 1912 cards in colour (7, incl scenic and mountain railway); misc novelty cards 1900-1920 (9), and a group of Art Nouveau, Parisian and American glamour cards 1900-1940s (16) Mixed Condition (32 cards) Est. $150

2986 Group c.1914-1940s incl royalty, WWI, humour etc, mainly British though noted early Hobart and a couple of replicas, Mixed Condition (47 cards) Est. $75

Phonecards2987 Interesting collection of Australian and New Zealand cards and

packs incl shop display, promotional packs, AFL Classic Action series, and misc overseas cards (100s) Est. $75

Books

FICTION

Lot 2988

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72988 Hardback novels by various authors including Tom Clancy, Wilbur

Smith, John Masters, Robert Ludlum, Harry Turtledove, Harold Coyle, W.Griffi ths, Michael Peterson, Bernard Cornwell, David Hagberg, Joseph Waumberg, Morris West, Lawrence Sanders, Stephen King, Nelson DeMille, Katherine Kerr, Elizabeth George, Jean Auel, Patrick O’Brien, Lawrence Sanders, Douglas Reiman, Dale Brown, Eric Lustbader, Clive Cussler and many others, good used condition (163 items)

Note: heavy lot, buyer’s responsibility for removal from sale room Est. $75

AUSTRALIANA

2989 “Victoria in 1880” by Garnet Walsh with illustrations by Charles Turner, published by George Robertson Melbourne, hard bound 215 gilt edged pages with appendix for list of subscribers, the book professionally rebound with original covers to allow insertion of dedication page to the President of the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition Committee, Sir William Clarke. A fi ne piece that is a wonderful adjunct to the exhibition presentation medallion to the same recipient (see lot 2886) Est. $500

MILITARY2990 “The Great War, I Was There” subscription magazine originally

printed in 51 parts over one year edited by Sir John Hammerton, missing parts 3-22 inclusive and 41 else complete; bound copy of “The Second Great War” pp1-400 by the same editor; plus “Top Gun” movie patch and Ten Dollars Legacy badge. The publications contain an amazing group of photographs (lot)See also lots 81 to 94 from the Reg Williams library Est. $75

2991 WWII period publications and ephemera compr “The Book of Bushido”, “I Think I’ll Live”, “Special Force”, Behind Bamboo”, “Khaki and Green”; together with copy of Hobart Mercury 22nd June 1940, 1943 Xmas card, and current affairs bulletin 1944 (8 items) Est. $100

NUMISMATIC2992 Australian Coin Reviews vol 1 nos 1 to 12 July 1964 to June 1965

hard bound in red cloth with gilt blocking (ex Daryl F.Walscott); P.J.Downie public auction catalogues nos.99 to 139 complete incl Roy Brook sale; Auction of the Gold Coins of the Reserve Bank of Australia November 2005 catalogue; plus two misc catalogues, all with prices realised listings and an invaluable resource (45 volumes) Est. $75

2993 Morel, Leon; Medallic Commemoratives of New Zealand 1865-1940 with supplement, As new and an invaluable reference (2 items) Est. $75

2994 South Australian Numismatic Journal Vol 4 no.1 January 1953 to Vol 10 no.4 October 1959 missing only 4th quarter of 1956 issue (27 issues) with correct binder; together with E.W.Cole Handbook by George Dean, numismatic issues of The Franklin Mint 1968 edition covering the years 1965-1967, and Catalogue of Scandinavian Coins 1534-1970s by Burton Hobson, a useful group (30 items) Est. $75

2995 Spink-Stern and Spink/Noble auction Sydney and Melbourne catalogues compr Spink-Stern Oct 1975; Spink/Noble sales 5, 6, 26, 17, 25, 26, 27, 30, 41, 42, 43, 45A & B, 46, 48, 49B, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58A & B, 61B, 64B, 75, 81, 98, 100 most in superb condition (29 volumes) Est. $75

2996 Spink & Son (Aust) auction catalogues for sales 2 with late entry fl yer; 3 with prices realised; 10, 12, 14, 20 and 22 without prices realised; 23, 24a, 25, 28 and 29 with prices realised; 30, a couple with notations; together with prices realised lists for sales 7, 13, 16, 22, 25, 27, 31, 33, 36, 38, 61; and Max Stern sale November 1976. A good early selection (lot) Est. $75

2997 Spink & Son (Australia) auction catalogues 1979-1989 comprising sales 3, 5, 7 to 15 inclusive, 18 to 23 inclusive, 24 (both parts), 28, 29 some with prices realised, hard to assemble in such clean condition (21 catalogues) Est. $75

2998 A useful group of mainly hard cover issues incl Ancient Roman and Greek, Canada, USA, Israel, Mexico etc, Mixed Condition (18 volumes) Est. $75

OTHER2999 Devens, R.M.; USA “Our First Century 1776-1876” 1876 (fi rst

edition?) 1007pp, half leather and cloth boards with gilt blocking, edge marbled pages; together with other publications compr Antique Bottle Collector and Antique Bottles and Collectables (31 diff), (WWII) The First Year of War in Pictures, Front Line Dispatches, The Coronation Book of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, “Crown” series valuation guides (5), and Old Australian Signs valuation guide (41 items)

See lot 4 for two limited edition Norman Lindsay art books personally signed by Lindsay, along with cartoons and sketches by renowned cartoonist E.S. (Ted) Scorfi eld of the Sydney Bulletin

Est. $100

3000 Group of mainly religious books, mostly non-Christian themes, mainly Hebrew but also includes a couple of Islam, Hindu and Buddhism plus Dead Sea Scrolls etc, mixed hardcover and paperback (lot) Est. $75

3001 Solomon, R.C; “The Convicted Gunsmiths of New South Wales 1788-1950” hard back published 1990; plus misc numismatic books (6, incl Medals to Australia 3rd edition, English Milled Coinage, Pageant of World Coin Commemoratives), and Thailand cased 33-coin set One Srang to Twenty Baht (missing one coin) (8 items) Est. $75

Australian Stamps

ACCESSORIES3002 Accumulation of used stamp albums includes Seven Seas

Australian Hingeless albums, many high quality German brand stockbooks, odd album with few stamps, plus offi cial Australia Post 1987 America’s Cup Gift Pack, a useful lot, Mixed Condition (48 items, incl 47 albums) Est. $90

3003 Accumulation of useful unused Seven Seas and Lighthouse products, exhibition sheets, and other accessories (weight approx 25kg)

Note: buyer’s responsibility for the removal of the lot from the premises Est. $75

PREDECIMAL3004 Australia, Australian States and Decimals (to 1990) Collection

housed in fi ve albums, missing the high values, Mixed Condition and somewhat disorganized but inspection recommended (1,000s) Est. $200

DECIMALS3005 Values One Cent to One Dollar, mainly in multiples on Hagners (F/

V=$235 approx) MUH (lot) Est. $125

3006 One Cent to Ten Dollars mint issues mainly in multiples on Hagner page (F/V=$475) a nice mix (lot) Est. $250

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3007 Accumulation compr 2002 Essendon Football Club minisheets (F/V=$27), misc booklets (F/V=$9), sheet of 25 Five Dollars Charles Condor specimens; USA Ten Cents First Man on the Moon sheet of 32 unit;, Nazi Germany blocks of four compr Hitler portrait (18 values), Swastika (11 values), 1943 Hitler Birthday (5 values), 1944 Armed Forces (12 values), Ukraine overprints (18 values), Occupied Poland (2 values); together with Phantom and X Files phonecard packs, and misc Wills’s British Empire series cigarette cards (20). A useful group (lot) Est. $100

3008 Accumulation of mainly decimal stamp packs (F/V=$275 approx), plus FDCs 1940s-1990s, all housed in four albums (lot) Est. $175

3009 Album of blocks of four mixed values (F/V=$150 approx); plus mint predecimals and a few sheets of 1947 German issues (100s)

Est. $100

3010 Hingeless album containing mixed singles and blocks of four (F/V=$200 approx) along with some mint predecimals (lot) Est. $125

3011 Good selection of Australia Post standard, exhibition and AFL Centenary booklets (F/V=$122) Est. $75

POSTAL COVERS

3012 Postcard from Turner & Henderson (publishers) of Sydney dated 6th Nov 1907 notifying addressee of parcel arriving by rail, with affi xed New South Wales One Penny stamp cancelled 7th Nov 1907, a nice early example Est. $75

3013 First Air Mail Australia to New Zealand April 1934 cover with contents and multiple postmarks 11th-14th April, the envelope printed “per VH-UXX ‘Faith in Australia’ C.T.P.Ulm Commander” the cover appears to have been addressed from Sydney to Gosford NJSW via the fl ight and bears three Australian and one New Zealand stamps. The contents reads:

Dear Rex No time for a letter but thought you might like one of these

envelopes. It may be worth something in years to come. Love to self & mother Uncle Roy Some tears to the envelope but otherwise a clean example – from

the original recipient’s family and new to the market Est. $100

3014 Accumulation of decimal souvenir and fi rst day covers in fi ve albums; plus bundleware, loose MUH issues, framas etc. A nice clean lot, viewing will reward (1,000s) Est. $100

STAMP BOOKLETS3015 Accumulation 1960s-1990s with a few stamp packs thrown in

(F/V=$550 approx) Est. $300

STAMP PACKS3016 Assortment of standard and large size stamp packs, minisheet

folders, joint issue folders and special occasion booklets with no apparent duplication (F/V=$440 approx) (100 items) Est. $275

SHEETS3017 Sheets and partial sheets values One Cent to Twenty-Five Cents in

mint sheet albums (F/V=$205 approx) Est. $150

3018 Partial sheets values One Cent to Sixty Cents in mint sheet albums (F/V=$400 approx); plus two FDC albums chock full of useful issues (100s) Est. $250

3019 Sheets and part sheets values mainly Five Cents to Thirty-Three Cents, includes a useful group of 1971 Xmas multiples (F/V=$300 approx) Est. $175

AUSTRALIA POST YEAR BOOKS3020 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 19896 (2), 1987 (both types), 1988

(both), 1989 (both), 1990 (both) (15 volumes) Est. $300

3021 Year Albums 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989; plus PNG 1986, Antarctica Book 1990, and other Post Offi ce products (16 items) Est. $125

3022 1988 both types, 1990 (3, incl one executive edition), 1991 executive edition; plus 1990-91 Collector’s Year Books (2) (8 volumes) Est. $125

3023 1990-91 and 1991-92 collector year books; together with small accumulation of stamp packs and Five Dollars 1997 Bradman PNC (F/V=$165 approx) (lot) Est. $90

3024 A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia 1999 with slipcase, 64 edge gilt pages enclosing 28 proof stamps reprinted in black from original dies Est. $125

3025 A similar set to the previous published in 2003 and containing 32 proof stamps reprinted in red representing royalty releases Est. $125

AUSTRALIA POST PUBLICATIONS3026 America’s Cup Cup-Ex 87 cover collection in custom album (40

covers); Australian Bicentennial collection complete; Expo 88 cover collection (63 covers); Australia Post 22 Club cover collection (45 covers); together with “Links” collection, and several useful philatelic and numismatic reference books, Mixed Condition (lot) Est. $75

3027 “Introducing Australia” portfolio c.1989 with Japanese translation insert and $12.77 of mint stamps; Albert Namatjira “Art of Our Country” portfolio; “Waterbirds of Australia” portfolio; plus empty private issue Australian Antarctic Territory 1957-1980 stamps folio (4 items) Est. $75

3028 Small accumulation incl Bicentennial Collection 1988 unopened, Golden Days of Radio, Australia Under Fire, Forty Royal Years; plus America’s Cup gift packs (2) and Year Book for 1986 (9  items)

Est. $75

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7ERRORS3029 Twenty-Seven Cents 1982 ABC Anniv full sheet of 100 units

apparently a printing error although unlisted in the references, MUH Est. $75

COLLECTIONS3030 Old tin of State issues, George V Heads etc; plus misc postcards

etc, Mixed Condition but viewing should reward (lot) Est. $75

3031 Australia Post Year Book 1985; together with loose stamps, FDCs, world collections in albums etc, Mixed Condition (lot) Est. $75

3032 Australian and world used accumulation in 17 albums; together with bundleware and additional hingeless album containing mint Australian predecimal and decimal stamps, some faults and some badly stored (1,000s) Est. $75

3033 Collection 1913-1980s mixed mint and used in several albums, noted several useful “roos as well as State issues; plus New Zealand and other world issues, very disorganised but useful (1,000s) Est. $100

3034 Large accumulation of FDCs and souvenir covers(100s), misc world stamp albums, loose stamps; plus empty coin cases, used coin sheets, new and used Eagle holders etc (lot) Est. $75

POSTAL HISTORY

3035 Stannum NSW; Victorian era “Stannum Post Offi ce” oval timber handled brass stamp with Victorian crown; plus two rubber stamps from the same post offi ce, interesting (3 items)

Stannum is an old tin mining town with a current population of around 200 Est. $75

World Stamps

GREAT BRITAIN

3036 Postal covers c.1850-1870 with Penny Reds attached, unchecked for postmarks or varieties, a nice clean group (32 covers) Est. $350

3037 Classic Album Covers presentation pack and souvenir sheet commemorative pairs, a fabulous marketing opportunity for anyone interested in British Rock, featuring the greats such as Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), David Bowie Ziggy Stardust (1972), Mike Oldfi eld Tubular Bells (1973) and others by The Clash, Primal Scream, Pink Floyd, Coldplay etc (48 pairs) Est. $500

ISLE OF MAN

3038 Queen Elizabeth Coronation Jubilee 2003, full sheet of mint stamps (f/v £12 each) in pictorial collector folders (14 folders) Est. $250

NEW ZEALAND DECIMALS3039 Year albums 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987; together with misc

Australian FDCs, loose mint and used decimals etc (lot) Est. $75

3040 Year albums 1992 (3), 1993, 1994, 1995; plus partial MUH collection 1953-1983 on Seven Seas pages incl Ross, life assurance etc, a nice lot (100s) Est. $75

3041 1898 Pictorials Centenary Collection in superbly cloth bound hardcover book in cloth bound case containing 13 minisheets of 25 units each all numbered 58 of 2,000 sets issued. A most impressive set that is seldom seen on the secondary market Est. $150

PAPUA NEW GUINEA3042 PNG Collection 1911-1986, sparse in the early issues, the later

Decimals mainly MUH, includes Stamp Pack plus World issues, housed in seven albums, Mixed Condition (1000’s) Est. $125

3043 Specimen Ten Shillings Map and One Pound Fisherman (SG14, 15) mint with light hinge traces, a nice pair (2 stamps)

Ex Rod Perry Auction Est. $150

USA3044 Year sets 1970-1980s (5); plus part mint sheets, Cupex 1987

covers and souvenir album (lot) Est. $75

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WORLD3045 Year albums for Canada 1981 (2); New Zealand 1984, 1985, 1986,

1987; USPS 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986; plus British Commonwealth HRH Princess of Wales 21st Birthday 1982 minisheet collection in custom album, high face value (lot) Est. $100

3046 Accumulation of stamp packs, booklets etc of New Zealand, USA and incl Australian territory types, note a good collection of Hutt River Province issues, high face value but disorganised (lot) Est. $125

3047 Accumulation of world and Australian stamps, FDCs etc with high face value (1,000s) Est. $175

3048 Useful group of stamps, FDCs etc from British India, North Borneo overprints, New Zealand, Australia etc with many part sheets noted, well worth a look (lot) Est. $125

3049 Selection of MUH multiples incl Chile, Great Britain, Spain etc and including some Australian decimals and TOCs, high face value (lot) Est. $125

Sports Memorabilia

OLYMPICS

3050 Melbourne 1956; two athletics programmes, ticket wallet, ‘Olympic Follies’ programme for the Tivoli Theatre, three hard to fi nd booklets, unused aerogramme; plus hard cover “Olympic Saga” by Keith Donald and Don Selth with dust jacket, the last item rare – the fi rst we have offered (9 items) Est. $175

3051 Melbourne 1956; offi cial cushion with logo, athletics programme for 24th Nov 1956, book “The Olympic Games 1956”, fundraiser LP record c.1984 “Carry the Flag”; together with Sydney 2000 mascot passport, album of Shell sporting pictograms, and torch relay medallic folder (7 items) Est. $175

3052 Melbourne 1956; harder to fi nd guide booklets (3), unused postcard “Where to Buy Your Tickets”, offi cial report by World Sports etc (7 items) Est. $125

3053 Melbourne 1956; two Radiola 10” LP records of the opening and closing ceremonies with original sleeves (2 items) Est. $150

3054 Melbourne 1956; misc programmes (7), Tivoli Theatre programme “Olympic Follies” for 1st Nov 1956; together with related ephemera (8), used tickets (6), and Olympic postal covers (3) (lot) Est. $75

3055 Tokyo 1964; cased sterling silver and bronze medallions each 30mm designed for the Tokyo Olympic Fund Raising Committee by Yusaku Kamekura, As Struck (2 medallions) Est. $75

3056 Calgary Winter Olympics and Seoul Summer Olympics 1988; pair of medallions 40mm in silver commemorating each event, possibly struck by the Canadian Mint (2 medallions) Est. $75

3057 Seoul 1988; cased participation medallion 65mm in bronze; together with cased Uncirculated Ten Thousand Won 1987 with Seoul Olympics logo (KM77) (2 items) Est. $100

CRICKET

3058 Unused Philco series 6207D photographic postcard depicting Australian 1907-8 test team, lovely grade Est. $100

3059 United Antiluvian Order of Druids (Australia) 9ct gold Cricket Prize fob presented to “E.Dean for Batting 1912-13”; plus misc medalets, medallions etc, Mixed Condition (35 items) Est. $100

3060 Framed Bradman photos of the 1948 ‘Invincibles’ team (2); together with framed photo of Mark Waugh in action making 133 not out at Pune, and the Aussie team at Lords cheering as Darren Lehmann hit the winning runs in the 1999 World Cup Final (4 framed items) Est. $75

FOOTBALL

3061 Prize fob 31mm square in silver, reverse engraved “Korong Vale Football Club 1890 Jos Mackin Best Back” with suspension loop and ring; plus Victorian Rifl e Assn prize fob 26mm in sterling silver and enamel on short silver chain with Mexican silver “T” bar, reverse engraved “Fish Creek R.C Won by J.J.Mackin 1926” a most interesting pair to the same or related recipient/s (2 items)

Korong Vale Football Club (north of Wycheproof Victoria) was a member of the North Western Division of the VFA in 1890 and later was part of the Loddon Valley League until its demise in 1990 after losing the grand fi nal of that year Est. $125

3062 Essendon Football Club; autograph book with several signatures of Essendon players c.1980-81 incl Paul Van der Haar, Gary Foulds, Max Crow, Ron Andrews, Roger Merrett, and coaches Barry Davis and Kevin Sheedy; plus two Chips Rafferty signatures on note paper, scrappy but interesting Est. $75

3063 Footscray Football Club; poster-size depiction of a bulldog by famous cartoonist “Weg” 500x410mm c.1954, edge tears left and right margins but the image is unaffected

A similar item sold at Charles Leskie Auctions sale 398, lot 72 for $4,500 Est. $4,000

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73064 “Footy Fan” magazines 1963-1964 compr Vo1 no.2 featuring

Ron Barassi, no.5 Darrell Baldock, no.6 Graham Arthur, no.11 Alan Aylett, no.13 John Kennedy, no.15 Fred Wooller and Bob Davis, and Vol 2 no.10 Ian Law; together with a July 1955 copy of the magazine “Collingwood Footballer” with plenty of photos of Magpie stars of the time. All covers are intact and there is no internal graffi ti, a rare group with the last item possibly being the inaugural copy (8 items) Est. $125

3065 Richmond Football Club; ‘Captain Blood’ Jack Dyer as Told to Brian Hansen, hard cover fi rst edition 1965, 192pp with dust jacket; two Select wallets containing Brisbane Lions 2003 Premiers cards; Ampol VFL Champions 1st Series fact folders for Bob Skilton, Hassa Mann and Doug Wade (with very interesting artist’s impression of the ‘completed’ VFL Park Waverley!); plus sepia photograph on board of the North Carlton Presbyterian Football Club 1935 with some of the player names listed on the reverse, interesting (7 items) Est. $75

HORSE RACING

3066 Australian Jockey Club Sydney sterling silver vesta case hallmarked Birmingham 1905 with inscription “To E.P.Briginshaw Esq with Good Luck from AJC 23.8.06” lovely grade with no dents and includes original vestas Est. $100

OTHER SPORTS3067 Baseball; large accumulation of US trading cards 1990 to mid

1990s from Topps, Upper Deck, Skybox etc housed in clip lock bags, disorganised but in good condition (1,600+ cards) Est. $250

3068 Rowing; Netherlands, inter-university challenge race undated participation(?) medallions c.1888-1890 (one uniface) EF with some Internet research (2 medallions)

The races were conducted in a similar fashion to the famed Oxford v Cambridge event over a 3,200 metre course Est. $75

3069 Tennis; GC Tennis Tournament 9ct gold prize brooch 27.5mm “Won by A.C.Whiting 1895” missing reverse pin; plus Melbourne Cricket Club country member badge 1958-59, VF (2 items) Est. $100

3070 Misc British mixed sport fobs, three with gold highlights, engraved as follows: one crudely to “J.Ross 1935” another “N.E.Region Cup Winners 1948 J.A.Ross”; “Dilger Bros Race 120 yds H’cap 1913 V.Earl” and another “St James AFC Prem’s 1913 V.Earl” a nice group (4 fobs) Est. $90

Badges

3071 Royal Automobile Club of Victoria 15ct gold badge c.1930s with intact reverse brooch fi tting, most attractive and rare Est. $400

3072 School badges; Westleigh College Northcote pre WWI badge in sterling silver by Wittenbach & Co missing one suspension loop on reverse; plus Presbyterin Ladies College Pymble NSW blazer brooch c.1930 in sterling silver by G.A.Miller Sydney, reverse crudely engraved “F.Hammond” (2 badges) Est. $75

3073 Voided (hat?) badge 33mm in sterling silver and enamel by Stokes & Sons Melbourne with motto “Ohne Hast Ohne Rast” (“without haste without rest”, a motto created by Goethe) some enamel loss and heavily toned but interesting

The design bears more than a passing resemblance to the current emblem of Moreton Bay College, a Uniting Church girls school in Manly West, an outer suburb of Brisbane Queensland Est. $75

3074 Gold lined Australian patriotic badge c.1900; Orkney & Shetland Assoc of Australia badge; enamelled Boys’ Athletic League New York, reverse impressed “1941 Health Contest”; plus EPNS salt dispenser with simplifi ed City of Melbourne coat-of-arms by Stokes, and M.R.Roberts America’s Cup 1983 winner medallion, VF-Unc (5 items) Est. $75

3075 Group of vintage badges incl Townsville Sailing Club, Cairns Aquatic Club, IOOF Queensland, SPS “Truth Without Fear”, Qld Police Citizens Youth Welfare, Qld Bowling Veterans (2), Qld Limbless Soldiers, various Gem Club badges (10), and other misc mainly Australian badges (32) Mixed Condition (50 badges) Est. $75

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3076 Large group of mainly NSW club badges 1960s-1980s, noted several union types, nice grade (200+ items) Est. $100

3077 Selection c.1960s-1980s mainly from the Newcastle area and surrounds incl club badges, RSL, Leagues Clubs, Tattersalls etc, nice grade (approx 130 items) Est. $75

3078 A similar lot to the previous in nice grade (approx 120  items) Est. $75

3079 Small accumulation compr misc bowling club badges incl Alphington Bowling Club 1921 tie bar, misc tokens, medallions, ancient bronzes (2) etc all housed in old tobacco tin, Mixed Condition (38 items) Est. $150

Union Badges & Memorabilia

3080 Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia, Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia NSW Branch; plus a union related Victoria style 9ct gold end enamel brooch by Williss of Melbourne (3 items) Est. $125

3081 Australian Trained Nurses Association badges 30mm in sterling silver and enamel by Flavelle (Smith 69) engraved on the reverse to the same recipient, A.M.V.Skinner, in 1910 and 1911 respectively, a rare pair to the same recipient (2 badges) Est. $175

3082 Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Assn of Australasia sterling silver member fob by Bridgland & King; plus Federated Carters and Drivers Industrial Union of Australia badge by same maker, both c.1920s or before, VF-EF (2 badges) Est. $75

3083 Melbourne Eight Hours Committee 1911 badge in 24mm in sterling silver and enamel with suspension mount, very fresh and minty, very rare with only a handful issued Est. $500

3084 Railway Workers & General Laborers’ Assoc of NSW fob in silver with no enamelling, reverse engraved “Hugh Gallagher President 1908”; together with four other enamelled badges and fobs, Mixed Condition (5 items) Est. $75

3085 Waterside Workers Federation of Australia Melbourne Branch member badge by Wittenbach; other union badges incl timber workers, gas; plus sterling silver school badges (2), Marcus Clark 1932 Harbour Bridge medal, and silver prize fob “Seed Merchants Picnic Frankston 1913” Mixed Condition (8 items) Est. $75

Police/Protective Services

3086 Obsolete police cloth patches and shoulder titles from various states; plus belt buckles, hat badges etc, Mixed Condition (approx 40 items) Est. $125

3087 Obsolete police cloth patches and shoulder titles from overseas forces incl New Zealand Prison Service and police badges and other items, Mixed Condition (approx 50 items) Est. $75

3088 Queensland Police; obsolete cloth patches (7), Liaison Offi cer shoulder titles (two pairs); plus Prison Service hat badge in aluminium and enamel by A.J.Parkes Brisbane, Mixed Condition (10 items) Est. $75

3089 Queensland Police; obsolete chrome and enamel hat badge; plus NSW Police shoulder titles etc, EF-Unc (12 items) Est. $100

3090 Queensland; obsolete metal and enamel prison and corrective services hat badges (2); plus a matched pair of old Queensland Police shoulder patches (4 items) Est. $75

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3091 Tasmania Police; obsolete patches and cloth titles (9), metal shoulder title, and two different hat/cap badges EF-Unc (12 items) Est. $125

3092 Victoria Police; obsolete cloth patches and titles, uniform buttons etc; plus two Carlton Football Club rosette badges, Mixed Condition (approx 50 items) Est. $90

FIRE BRIGADES

3093 Melbourne & Metropolitan Fire Brigade pair of vintage brass shoulder titles, various brass and chrome buttons in small MFB timber box; plus misc medalets incl Olympic Park greyhounds track turnstile tokens, Mixed Condition (lot) Est. $75

3094 Western Australia Fire Brigade Bunbury District, 15ct gold award fob engraved “WAFBD Bunbury 1st Hose and Ladder 8 Won by W.Rawlins Cue VFB 1909” superb Est. $400

3095 Western Australia Fire Brigade Bunbury District, 9ct gold award fob on chain by Perth maker, the fob reverse engraved “Cue FB Carnival 1909 Tug-of-War Won by W.Rawlins” VF or better and an excellent companion piece to the previous lot Est. $200

GREAT BRITAIN3096 British National Fire Brigades Union Medal 38mm in bronze with

Ten Years bar on ribbon for National Fire Brigades Assn award, edge impressed “4549”, gVF Est. $75

3097 British Fire Services Association Medal 38mm in silver with Five Years bar, unnamed, EF Est. $90

3098 Metropolitan Police George VI period blackened bronze and chrome “Bobby” helmet badges 92x115mm with lugs intact, VF or better (2 badges) Est. $75

Lodge Memorabilia3099 Hastings New Zealand Masonic case containing aprons, certifi cates

and booklets related to member M.L.Leeves, nice grade (lot) Est. $75

3100 Sydney Lodge No.404 jewel with ribbon engraved “Presented to Rt Wor Bro I.F.V.Marsden by the Brethren of Sydney Lodge No.404 Sept 6th 1947; together with Verulam Lodge No.12 engraved Pres to RWM M.I.Marsden 18° by the Offi cers and Brethren As a token of esteem 19.4.58” both housed in Harvey.C.Smith box, a particularly nice pair bequeathed to the vendor by his grandmother

Est. $90

3101 Lovely group of vintage Masonic marbles (40, incl six large size) unusual (40 items) Est. $75

Geological Specimens

3102 Polished brown adventurine sphere 100mm, beautiful Est. $100

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3103 Polished Brazilian agate sphere, subdued colour and an attractive specimen with good semi opaque inclusion patterns, 82mm Est. $300

3104 Polished blue agate and quartz gedde 97mm with exposed and impressive crystalline structure Est. $125

3105 Polished amethyst sphere 115mm, superb Est. $200

3106 Polished fossilised coral sphere 100mm, an interesting specimen Est. $100

3107 Polished blue falcons eye (or tiger eye) 80mm, a wonderful example Est. $150

3108 Polished pure green fl uorite sphere 65mm Est. $100

3109 Polished purple/green fl ourite sphere 100mm, attractive Est. $125

3110 Polished fushite spheres 60mm, one with sizeable rby visible, the other with kyanite inclusion (2 items) Est. $175

3111 Polished deep green river jade sphere 105mm, impressive Est. $150

3112 Polished Peruvian Jasper heart, width 65mm; and polished Madagascan Jasper egg, 58mm, a popular ‘romance and fertility’ thematic pair (2 items) Est. $75

3113 Polished multi-coloured Eastern jasper sphere 110mm, a striking example Est. $150

3114 Polished yellow jasper sphere 105mm Est. $125

3115 Polished ‘picture’ jasper sphere 115mm, impressive Est. $150

3116 Polished clear and smokey quartz spheres 45 and 32mm with rutile inclusions, deep green quartz 55mm, red jasper with agate 50mm , and carnelian with agate 75mm (5 items) Est. $200

3117 Polished grey (dinosaur) quartz with agate inclusions 110mm, most impressive Est. $175

3118 Polished grey ‘dinosaur’ quartz and agate sphere 110mm, most impressive Est. $175

3119 Polished pink rose quartz sphere 90mm with even ‘kunzite’ pink colour, nice Est. $100

3120 Polished smokey quartz sphere 115mm with remarkable light ‘play’ Est. $125

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73121 Polished stromatolite (fossil) sphere 105mm, nice Est. $125

3122 Polished Amazonian Brazil turquoise and composite minerals sphere 55mm, nice colour and pattern Est. $100

Jewellery/Cosmetic

Accessories3123 Danish c.1940s art and craft style bracelet in .830 silver by Willy

Kromar; plus Hans Jensen stylish sterling silver necklace c.1950s (2 items) Est. $125

3124 Patriotic brooch in 9ct gold with local hallmarks, nice Est. $75

3125 Sterling silver brooch 68x65mm with reverse fi ttings intact mounted on quality three-coloured velvet frame and depicting in fi ne detail an American Indian chieftain with full head dress. A lovely and unusual piece of vintage American silver Est. $200

3126 Early 1900s ladies mesh evening purse in sterling silver with original silver chain link handle, perfect condition with no holes in the mesh; Scottish Hospital Sydney silver and enamel nurse’s brooch by Angus & Coote; plus misc tinplates, medalets etc, Mixed Condition (34 items) Est. $150

3127 Gents 15ct gold ring named to Bill Costello; plus fi rst day cover addressed to noted colonial dealer W.P.Costello in Fiji with British Solomon Islands Twopence 1923-48 stamp, both items from the same family (2 items) Est. $90

3128 Gents 9ct gold studs in original Dunklings case Est. $75

Toys and Games

3129 British Crown and Anchor vintage 6-sided spinner in brass in two sections with Internet research; plus WWII period French victory parade fl agstaff holder, interesting (2 items) Est. $90

3130 Playing cards, Early Holden Series set containing two decks of playing cards depicting FX and FJ Holdens, and fi ve poker dice in tin and card outer case by Webb, made in Hong Kong, used Est. $75

3131 Vintage wind-up celluloid trapeze artist (no key but works); boxed “Street Life” 1995 Michael Jackson china doll; boxed vintage Adler recorder; plus four packs of playing cards (lot) Est. $75

3132 Winston teddy bear bride and groom with fl ower girl and page boy in Franklin Mint Heirloom Dolls boxes of issue; plus a pair of Korean made Paddington Bears c.1988, all original with no repairs, the fi rst two nearly mint condition (4 items) Est. $150

MODEL TRAINS

3133 OO/HO diesel locomotives including Athearn Conrail, Bachmann Amtrak, Lima LG208129, other (3) (6 items) Est. $125

3134 Assorted OO/HO steam locomotives, makes including Bachmann, Dapol, Jouef etc (5 locos) Est. $125

3135 OO/HO diesel locomotives including Bachmann Santa Fe and Central Western Railroad, Life-Like Trains Santa Fe; plus a Life-Like N scale Sante Fe diesel (4 items) Est. $100

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3136 Assorted OO/HO steam locomotives (6 locos, two with tenders) Est. $125

3137 Hornby OO/HO LNER steam loco with tender, LMS steam loco; Triang-Hornby ‘Princess Victoria’ steam locomotive, partially disassembled; Triang Pullman coaches (2), other coaches (2) (7 items) Est. $100

3138 Tyco OO/HO ‘Chattanooga’ steam loco with tender, passenger coaches (4) and caboose cars (2); Tyco ‘Burlington Northern’ diesel loco with assorted rolling stock (15) (23 items) Est. $100

3139 Assorted OO/HO rolling stock, track and accessories, some items in original boxes (lot) Est. $150

3140 Quantity of Hornby-Dublo track mixed long straight (5), short straight (7) and curved types (19) with a couple of pieces with switchpoints and other specialist types (3) generally good condition (36 items) Est. $75

Scientifi c/Technical Instruments3141 Casella’s garden or seed microscope c.1876 in case of issue. This

item is offered in pieces with no guarantee as to its completeness, nevertheless a rare scientifi c instrument that comes with Internet research Est. $350

Weights & Scales3142 Post offi ce beam balance scales with 10, 20 and 50gms weights;

plus WWI period brass trench whistle (2 items) Est. $75

Watches and ClocksWatches, instruments and devices with working mechanisms are verifi ed to be accurately described. Whilst every care is taken to provide secure packaging for all items in transit, no responsibility may be assigned to the Auctioneer for lots that are described as being ‘in working order’ but are found to be not working at the time of receipt. Such lots are sold “as is” and are not subject to return

GENTS WATCHES

3143 Elgin crown wind sterling silver half hunter cased pocket watch with Roman numerals, recessed subsidiary seconds, seven jewels, housed in leather pouch, in working order Est. $100

3144 Cased Olympic Swiss made day/date wristwatch with papers (appears okay but needs battery); plus Seiko automatic day/date 19-jewel wristwatch in working order (2 watches) Est. $100

3145 Crown wind 20 Year 10ct gold cased pocket watch with quality Swiss movement, Roman numerals, recessed seconds and hidden engraving on inner cover “To Ernest from his Mother on his 22nd Birthday 6.11.12” in good working order, a quality timepiece Est. $175

3146 Two open face crown wind railway lever pocket watches, one by J.Bremmer & Co of Dunedin in working condition, the other in need of attention (2 watches) Est. $125

3147 Railway lever style crown wind nickel cased 8-day clock watch 135x185mm in original fi tted leather case with foldout stand c.early 1920s or before, in good working order with superb movement Est. $175

3148 Rolex Oyster “Royal” 17-jewel wristwatch c.late 1930s-early 1940s, no band and not working (parts only), comes with additional faulty part in separate container (2 items) Est. $100

3149 Seiko automatic 17-jewel wristwatch with date window at 3 o’clock (appears to tick over); plus girl’s sterling silver bracelet with safety chain, both in boxes (2 items) Est. $90

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73150 Waltham “Bond Street” full hunter crown wind pocket watch in 10

Year gold case, missing seconds hand but in working order Est. $75

LADIES WATCHES

3151 Swiss made Fortis marquesite wristwatch c.1950s in good working order; plus Chandler incabloc ring watch in working order (2 watches) Est. $90

MIXED LOTS3152 Ladies purse watch with leather covered case c.1950s; plus two

vintage base metal railway levers. The fi rst ticks over but needs attention, the others not working (3 watches) Est. $75

3153 Ladies Longines-Wittnauer gold fi lled wrist watch c.1960s in original case; plus misc costume jewellery, lodge medalets, cuff links etc, noticed some nice early silver cuff links with enamelled Melbourne coat-of-arms. The watch needs a clean else Mixed Condition (lot) Est. $75

Photographic/Projection

Equipment & Materials3154 Vintage equipment compr Titan 714 super 8 camera in case with

Trimatic IQ super 8 projector; cased Arco standard 8 wind-up camera and similar projector; Panasonic MC20 VHSC PAL movie camera in box with accessories; pull down projection screen; Filius slide projector; old telescopic tripod; Polaroid Colorpack II camera in case with accessories; Brownie C box camera; German ZIloca 35mm rangefi nder camera with Saga accessory fi lters in leather case; Tempor 620 foldout camera with Ludwig f=105mm lens etc, Mixed Condition (lot)

Also see lots 52 and 53 for old Kodak bellows cameras belonging to WWI diggers

Note: buyer’s responsibility for the removal of the lot from the premises Est. $125

Paintings, Maps & Prints

PAINTINGS

Lot 3155

3155 Pro Hart; small framed original painting 135mm square on masonite with a typical outback theme c.1980s Est. $750

PHOTOGRAPHS

3156 A fi ne group of 19th Century photographs/cartes de visites incl a superb military instrumentalist taken at a Carlton studio, early tin types (now very scarce), Intercolonial Exhibition 1866, Ballarat Asylum etc (36 photos) Est. $150

CARTOONS3157 Norman Lindsay political cartoon that appeared in “The Bulletin”

Thursday 3rd July 1913 depicting a crab and the new Prime Minister Joseph Coot. On the back of the printed etching is a scathing article relating to the then current Liberal Government, lovely condition with some research relating to Joseph Cook’s earlier and later career Est. $75

3157 Two original hand-drawn “Wally and the Major” art works in pen and ink by Carl Lyon, each 165x235mm; with a reduced size artist’s proof of the same, an actual newspaper clipping, plus a soft back publication “Carl Lyon Retrospective, An Exhibition of the Artist’s Work” by A.L.Burgess, 24pp featuring a brief history of Lyon’s work. Nice grade (5 items)

Carl Lyon born Forest Lodge NSW 1903, died 1982; he was a trained artist, cartoonist and illustrator with many notable works to his credit. In his early life he worked as a cane cutter and later became a prolifi c illustrator of magazines, comic books and newspaper comic stripsA similar item dated 1946 can be found in lot 72 Est. $75

3159 Two original hand-drawn “Wally and the Major” art works by Carl Lyon, each 165x235mm; with a reduced size artist’s proof of the same plus a soft back publication “Carl Lyon Retrospective, An Exhibition of the Artist’s Work” by A.L.Burgess, 24pp featuring a brief history of Lyon’s work. Nice grade (4 items) Est. $75

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Other Artworks/Ornaments

3160 Large intricately carved faux ivory vase approx 300mm tall on moulded timber stand with elephant handles,; together with similar fi gurines (3) and cased porcelain fi gurines (4) (8 items) Est. $90

3161 Superb carved light wood Madonna approx 400mm high c.1960s from the Philippines; plus Ghanaian carved ebony mask wall hanging and two free standing fi gurines approx 150mm high (4 items) Est. $100

3162 Pair of pre WWI-period art nouveau style pewter vases set with fi red green enamel cabachons, maker’s mark James Dixon & Sons of Sheffi eld on the base, some minor imperfections in a couple of the enamelled pieces otherwise a nice pair, height 145mm Est. $75

Other Ephemera/Collectables3163 Souvenir aboriginal artefacts compr boomerangs (16), carved

items (3) and framed and glazed prints by P.Maltby (6) Mixed Condition (25 items) Est. $75

3164 Bryant & May Red Heads matchbox label collection in full and part sets including a full set of 1956 Melbourne Olympics (approx 700 items) plus a Bryant & May letter detailing the series from 1956 to 1974; together with a box of cigarette cards, badges etc, Mixed Condition, the labels generally a good clean lot (lot) Est. $100

3165 Ireland; Ropeworks Belfast gilt and leatherette desk calendar for 1939. The company made the hemp ropes for the White Star liner Titanic, interesting Est. $75

3166 Napoleonic replica coronation crown trios with descriptive texts in clear lidded timber cases, high retail value (3 sets) Est. $75

3167 Gold fi lled opera glasses/lorgnette by Samuel Mordan in good working order with spring intact Est. $75

3168 Cased Parker pen; misc medalets (5, one nice silver example); One Dollar 1984 (4), 1993 (2); misc world coppers (5); Reserve Bank bundle labels (4); misc Indian and Dutch stamps; plus misc oddments (3) (lot) Est. $75

Lot 3169

3169 Porcupine quill pen c.1850 (top of quill broken); two other antique writing instruments; plus small group of gambling chips for Mindi Beach, Wrest Point, Burswood (2) and one misc, and interesting metal clip (pictured) (10 items) Est. $150

3170 Sterling silver propelling pencils (2) and a similar type in gold plate; double Sovereign case, and a pair of Continental silver(?) carving knife and fork table rests (6 items) Est. $75

3171 Pharmaceutical products compr Rawleigh’s Mustard Ointment (net weight 1¾oz, contents complete), Martin & Pleasance’s Podophyllin Pilules, an anti emetic (the container still sealed), and 5 grammes bottle of Novocain, an anaesthetic, with some contents remaining (3 items) Est. $75

3172 Qantas Empire Airways Boeing 707 metal registration plates for Longreach VH-EBJ and Winton VH-EBI; two similar plates in red plastic to Winton VH-EBI and Darwin VH-EBH; plus Rum Jungle (NT) Bowling Club hat band, and Melbourne Cricket Club full member badge 1976-77, the fi rst two items extremely rare (6 items) Est. $100

3173 Records; Edison cylinders c.1905-1917 from Sydney Offi ce and Overseas Offi ce, all different with most in protective tubes with Edison’s photo and patent details (some with lids) most in serviceable condition with some excellent (21 items) Est. $100

3174 Collection of 78RPM records, mainly 1940s-1950s popular incl some early Australian jazz (28 records); together with several 33RPM LPs incl Edward Woodward (2) and Bless The Bride (rare) (8 LPs) (36 records) Est. $75

3175 45RPM 7” singles and EPs c.1950s-1980s mixed Australian and US with mixed genres incl pop, instrumental, jazz and classical, half without paper sleeves. Mixed Condition with some better (approx 160 records) Est. $75

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3176 George Rose Melbourne stereoscopic cards c.1887-1908 incl Views of the Boer War (Victorian Contingent), American Fleet Visit 1908, Edward VII coronation etc, a most historic group (63 cards) Est. $125

3177 Pacifi c Islands style native timber carving 800mm high with shell inserts for eyes, no splits and very impressive Est. $75

3178 Terracotta bust of Charles Dickens set into blackened wooden plinth, height 203mm, a nice reading room display piece; plus a vintage John Rabone 66ft measuring tape in damaged leather housing (2 items) Est. $75

3179 Superb hand engraved cheroot case with family crest, inscribed “Vis Fortibus Arma” (Strength is Arm to the Brave), by maker Alfred Taylor, hallmarked 1855. Believed to have been a family presentation item to a young offi cer on his way to serve in the Crimean War Est. $250

3180 Album of very old cigarette packet fronts (75); together with E.W.Cole Funny Picture Book reprints (2 diff), Sunday newspaper banknote collections (2), and post WWII “Our Ashes Greats” medallion set of 15 (lot) Est. $75

3181 Cigarette packet with contents, “American” cigarettes by Appointment to the King of Italy, reverse of packet “Specially selected for the “Midland Railway Hotels by H.L.Savory & Co 47 Piccadilly London W”; plus unopened mustard plaster by Seabury & Johnson, most interesting (2 items) Est. $75

3182 Accumulation compr framed aboriginal print, offi cial Essendon Bombers screen print, booklet “Footscray’s First 100 Years” c.1959, “Tinka” by Brownie Downing and John Mansfi eld, Tarax Footy game, three vintage board games (no dice or chips), Tarax World Championship Cricket game, Lion King booklet, Otto Lorenz “Jugendstil” poster art c.1984, and Tibetan and Himalayan woodblock prints by Douglas Weiner, Mixed Condition (12 items) Est. $100

3183 Goldfi elds artefacts found with the aid of a metal detector in the Victorian ‘golden triangle’ each item described by the fi nder, Mixed Condition (approx 75 items) Est. $75

3184 Misc items compr two timber framed Brownie Downing-style Aboriginal paintings on velvet with book “Tinka and His Friends” by Brownie Downing and John Mansfi eld c.1969; souvenir boomerang c.1938; timber plate with Aboriginal motifs; comical timber pipe; Vealls lamp-style aluminium bottle opener; advertising clothes brush; plus ABBA carry bag and notebook (10 items) Est. $75

3185 Small group of tribal artefacts (spear heads, souvenirs etc) some damage (5 items) Est. $75

BREWERIANA

3186 Beam’s Choice 8 Year Old bourbon bottles featuring the American artist series (5 diff); Beam’s 100 Month Old Queensland Sunshine State collector bottle; EPNS glass wine decanter; Dewars fi gurine; vintage square drinking trays with liquor advertising (2); “Building” liquor bottle in glazed biscuit porcelain; ‘Weg” Hawthorn and Melbourne Football Club coasters, no major damage (11 items) Est. $75

3187 Hip fl ask impressed “The Glasgow Flask” 4oz size in pewter by Pinder Bors c.1980s with City Chambers and Glasgow Cathedral depictions, in box of issue; plus impressive brass bottle opener with Buddhist deity (2 items) Est. $75

3188 Minibar spirits bottles c.1950s-1970s unopened, an interesting and collectable group with some nice early types (12 items) Est. $75

COLLECTOR PLATES3189 Franklin Mint Collector cabinet plate set Royal Horticultural Society

Flowers of the Year each 272mm, all twelve plates representing months of the year, with stands; plus Bendigo Pottery Sunicrust Bread Merry Christmas 1990 plate 256mm, and a rather risqué plastic and glass drink dispenser. The plates in perfect condition (14 items) Est. $100

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3190 Group of plates, some from the Pro Hart 1987 series, noticed a nice Australian Aboriginal Westminster example; plus German lidded pottery box with hinge damage, broken Gooda vase and broken Spelter lamp (12 items) Est. $75

HOMEWARES

3191 WWII period ashtray in the form of a miniature chamber pot with satirical depiction of Adolf Hitler inside and text on the outer ‘”Jerry” No.1 Flip your ashes on Old Nasty/The Violation of “Poland”’ Est. $100

3192 Early 20th Century stoneware bed warmers with no cracks (3, two Demi John style, one bread loaf type with screw type); together with Overbecks ‘rejuvenator’ produced in Grimsby England with original lifecell battery, attachments, and booklet dated 1934 with electric shock remedies for just about anything! In remarkable condition and most interesting (4 items) Est. $100

3193 Carving set by Humpreys & Company Sheffi eld, a Victorian era staghorn style 3-piece set in steel and silver, in plush case of purchase. In good condition and a practical set Est. $125

3194 8-piece long-stemmed lead crystal wine goblet set, hand made by Barth-Mann of West Germany c.1980’s, dark green, height 225mm, perfect condition, most with original labels attached (original cost in excess of $100 each) Est. $150

3195 Hammersley bone china coffee cup & saucer setting for six, gilt edges with attractive fl oral design (12 items) Est. $75

Lot 3196

3196 European silver (800 fi ne) and gold layered trinket/snuff box 76x54x11mm c.1930s in good condition (possibly of Italian manufacture); together with Valet auto strop safety razor in original nickel case, and State Express 777 cigarette tin (3 items) Est. $200

3197 German WWI period child’s tea set compr tray, teapot, creamer and two cups and saucers each with printed colour effi gy of Hindenburg, no chips or restorations, extremely rare Est. $350

3198 Glass tumblers (2) with Old Smugglers and Seagrams Scotch Whiskey advertising labels; colourful Japanese ceramic spice jar with lid; vintage London Soho glazed stoneware bottle; selection of small Danish blue & white glazed dishes (10) and napkin holders (2) (not matching); boxed gent’s dress set with watch, cuff links and tie bar; and a Cadbury Bourneville Cocoa tin missing label but appears quite old (20 items) Est. $75

3199 Letter opener from the Danish A.P.Moller – Maersk shipping line, post WWII in stylish sterling silver Est. $75

3200 Martin Boyd ramekins c.1960s (15 diff), plain ashtray and dessert bowl by same maker; together with Guy Boyd ramekins (2), fl oral milk jug (base nicks), aboriginal motif bowl (edge repair); plus Martin Boyd aboriginal motif pin dish (rim chip) the ramekins in good order (22 items) Est. $125

3201 Orrefors clear glass candle holders, two pairs of different styles; similar dish and small six-lobed vase; plus Italian art glass dish, no chips (7 items) Est. $75

3202 Russian silver tea service compr teapot, sugar and creamer c.Mid 19th Century with hallmarks 875-925 (weight approx 1.25kg), no dents and most attractive (3 items) Est. $1,250

3203 Sheffi eld Plate circular drinks tray by Strachan; together with c.1950s EPNS sugar and creamer (3 items) Est. $150

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73204 Sterling silver presentation drinks tray hallmarked Sheffi eld 1881 by

maker James Dixon & Sons, ornately engraved border around circular panel inscribed “St. Cecilia Blackburn, Presented to Alexander Caras Esqre. by the choral members of the above society on his leaving Blackburn, in appreciation of his estimable services as Founder of the Society, and as Chairman of its Committee from the year 1875, 8th April 1886”, 307x263mm, one small dent otherwise nice condition, total weight 560gms Est. $750

3205 Superb weighty sterling silver teapot and stand with spirit burner by maker HW hallmarked Newcastle 1903, lovely condition with no dents Est. $1,000

3206 Souvenir Poker Ware timber “Jenolan Caves” vase with fl owering gum design, similar Poker Ware fruit bowl; plastic teens ‘box’ style handbag c.1960s; ash tray depicting aboriginal and crocodile; Gooda ash tray; “Kiwi” petrol lighter; pin cushion in the form of a shoe; three Italian made composition fi gures; plus hideous Dutch “Jena” glazed porcelain parrots with German alarm clock(the alarm function working but missing winder) Mixed Condition (10 items) Est. $75

3207 A useful accumulation of EPNS and plated silver jugs, bowls, trays etc, some locally made by K.J.Luke, Drummonds etc, minimal brassing (20 items) Est. $250

3208 Group of EPNS and plated silver items incl serving trays etc, some brassing (12 items) Est. $200

3209 Misc collectable household items compr ESSO money box, sea shell purses (4), mother-of-pearl silver lined trinket box, horn handled bottle opener, misc glass bottles (3), old tin boxes and other items (10) Mixed Condition (20 items) Est. $75

CIGARETTE AND OTHER CASES3210 Sterling silver cigarette case hallmarked Birmingham c.early

1900s; two sterling silver necklaces; photo locket; early Libre and Leo silver charms; plus misc Threepences and Sixpences (11) (lot)

For a cigarette case pertaining to a returned WWI soldier, refer to lot 50. For a nice sports related presentation vesta case see lot 3066 Est. $75

LOVE TOKENS

3211 Cartwheel Twopence edge inscribed “Sarah Lloyd Died August 28th 1851 aged 59” with neatly engraved initials “WB” in reverse fi eld, Fine Est. $75

End of SaleThank You